building boards

Craft sheets for making a funeral car, coffin and figures. Creative processing through building and playing.

Children process grief by doing. These building sheets offer children the opportunity to make their own funeral car, complete with coffin and figures. Through cutting, folding and building, abstract concepts become concrete and the child gains control over what has happened.

What you can make:

• Funeral car – the vehicle that transports the deceased
• Coffin – fits in the funeral car
• Figures – fit in the coffin

Functional design:

• Figures fit in the coffin
• Coffin fits in the funeral car
• Everything interacts with each other

Features:

• Sturdy cardboard, suitable for cutting and folding
• Clear fold lines and instructions
• Reusable toy after building
• Suitable for children from 6 years (with supervision)
• Can be used individually or in group settings

Application: These building sheets are suitable for:

• Professional grief counseling of children
• Educational settings (school, care, therapy)
• Creative processing of loss
• Group activities around grief
• Home situations with supervision

Result: By building themselves, children gain control over what happened. The creative process helps with processing, the end product invites play and conversation about the farewell.